#englishnews <br /><br />News Article :-<br />Canada has elected Liberal MP Greg Fergus to be the new Speaker of the House of Commons after the previous one resigned amid a Nazi in parliament row.<br /><br />Mr Fergus - the first black man to hold the position - was chosen by the 338-member House after a secret ballot on Tuesday.<br /><br />He called it "a great honour" to be chosen for the role.<br /><br />The former Speaker resigned after inviting a Ukrainian man who fought for a Nazi unit to the parliament.<br /><br />Anthony Rota said he did not know of the veteran's Nazi ties.<br /><br />Seven candidates had been in the race to replace him on Tuesday.<br />In his first remarks, Mr Fergus urged his colleagues to treat each other with respect in the House, a place he said was for "passionate debate".<br /><br />"We will show them politics is a noble profession," he said.<br /><br />Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his election "should be inspiring for all Canadians, especially younger generations who want to get involved in politics".<br /><br />His nomination was opposed by some Conservative members. MP Michelle Rempel Garner of Calgary argued that an ethics violation from last year - in which he was found to have inappropriately written a letter of support as a lawmaker for a French-speaking broadcaster - made him unable to serve.<br /><br />But despite some opposition, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre smiled as he and Mr Trudeau held Mr Fergus' arms to escort him into the House of Commons in Ottawa in a centuries old tradition in which the new Speaker feigns an unwillingness to serve.<br /><br />While Mr Fergus is the first black man to become Speaker in the House, Jean Augustine, the first black woman to be elected as a member of parliament in 1993, later went on to briefly serve as deputy speaker.<br /><br />Along with his role as member of parliament, Mr Fergus, 54, served as parliamentary secretary to the Treasury Board president and to the health minister.<br /><br />As a student in the late 1980s, he was also a House of Commons page for a year - a part-time year-long role that includes tasks such as delivering water and messages to members in the House chamber - a moment he recalled in his remarks.<br /><br />Mr Fergus was first elected in 2015 as an MP for the Quebec riding (district) of Hull-Aylmer, near Ottawa, the year Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's party swept into power.<br /><br />His personal biography describes him as a "community activist, long distance runner, new grandfather and failed musician".<br /><br />The Speaker chairs debates, enforces the rules of the House, votes only to break a tie and is expected to be politically impartial.<br /><br />His first role will be to "restore the honour of the Chamber," said leader of the New Democrats Jagmeet Singh, speaking on the House floor.<br /><br />It was a reference to the standing ovation given to a World War Two veteran who served in the 14th Waffen-SS Grenadier Division, a voluntary unit made up mostly of ethnic Ukrainians under Nazi command.<br /><br />Yaroslav Hunka, 98, was sitting in the gallery in parliament when Mr Rota honoured him by calling him a "her
